Washing-machine.



NITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

GUsT-Avus A. PaijDboK, oF BEAVERDAM, WISCONSIN.

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srEcIFIcATIoN forming para f Letters Patent No. 682,974, dated october s, 190i'.

ppnemon inea J'uiy 21, 1834.

T0 all whom t may concern.- l

Be it known that I, GUsTAvUs A. PADDOCK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Beavferdam, in the county of Dodge and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Vashing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of machines in which a cup or pounder is used, and is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a view of the machine and portion of a tub, partly in side elevation and partly in section. Fig. 2 is a top or plan View of the same on the section-line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail View of the supporting-frame. Fig. 4 is a side view of the clamp b2. Fig. 5 is a section on line 5 5, Fig. l; and Fig. 6 is a section on line 6 6, Fig. l.

A represents the tulo, and B the supportingframe. Said frame has an arm reaching down outside the tub, an upright supporting-standard l), ashort arm or lug for securing the bolt b', and a long horizontal arm on which the clamp b2 is loosely held. A ring ct is made integral with a block and is secured'to the upper part of the standard l) by a bolt a. An upright standard D, preferably of Wood,fis secured to the frame B by'a bolt b', its upper part resting in the ring a and its lower part bearing against the inside of the tub. Ahorizontal arm C is provided with an upright c', an upright supporting-standard cand a lug c. The upright c is in the form of a sleeve and is mounted upon thestandard b, and the lug c by striking against the standard D prevents the arm C from swinging too far outside the tub. A sleeve E is 'mounted upon the upright c2, and upon opposite sides atits lower part is provided with bearings c, on which are pivoted the bars F, said bars being secured at the other end to the handle K by the bolts 7o, the bars and handle together forming the operating-lever. The sleeve E is not entirely closed, thus for lightness leaving the upright c2 Visible part of the way, and the sleeve c' can, if preferred, be made in the same manner. A hollow staff-clamp I is secured between said bars by hollow bearings e, each of which rests in a circular opening 'Said staff-clamp extends in one of the bars.

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upward. and is fiirnished with a guide-pin t, on which the guide-rod G rests', the other end of said rod resting upon a similar pin c upon the sleeve E. The upper front part of the sleeve E furnishes a bearing-place fora hook h, to the re'ar end of which is attached the spiral lextension-spring H, the rear end of which is secured to a small castingf, whicl`1 has bearing in the bars F.

For use the machine is placed on the tub, as shown, and the thumb-screw b3 and the thumb-nut on the bolt b being tightened hold it in place. When the staff J of the pounder K is run through the staff-clamp I, it can be adjusted and held at any desired height by means of the thumb-screw 712, for which a thread is cut in one of the hollow bearings i.

I am aware that washing-machines have beenmade with a horizontally-swinging arm supporting a pounder, said arm having a slot through which the su pporting-u pright passed and being kept in a horizontal position only by a large washer secured to the top of said upright. In my machine the sleeve c has a perfect hinged bearing upon the standard b, thus enabling the operator to easily swing the yarm around, even when strain is brought upon it by the spring. Washing-machines have also been made with a pounder-staff working only in the center of the tub and supported by a spring. Therefore I do not broadly claim either a horizontally-swinging arm or the supporting-spring; but

I do claiml. In a washing-machine, a frame provided with an upright standard, a sleeve mounted on said upright; ahorizontally-swinging arm rigidly secured to said sleeve and provided at its free end with an upright, a sleeve mounted upon said upright and provided with bearings, an operating-lever pivoted to said bearings, a staff-clamp pivoted to said lever, a guide-rod connecting said sleeve and staffclamp, a spring adapted to lift said lever and staff-clamp, and a pounder secured to said staff-clamp.

2. In a washing-machine an upright'pivoted to a `suitable bearing, a horizontallyswinging arm rigidly secured to said upright IOO and bearing upon its free end another upright, a sleeve mounted upon the latter and adapted to lift said lever, and a pounder se provided with bearing* for an opelating-leveil cured to said staff-clamp. pivoted thereto, a staff-clamp pivoted to said lever, a guide-rod connecting said staff-clamp GUSTA VUS A' PADDOCK 5 to said sleeve, a, link fitted to said sleeve, a- Witnesses:

sprng attached to said link and suitably se- RICHARD A. BEICHL, cured to the rearward part of said level and GEO. C. I-IIGBEE. 

